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Date:      Sat, 19 Oct 1996 16:30:49 -0500 (CDT)
From:      Alex Nash <nash@mcs.net>
To:        "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
Cc:        Alex Nash <alex@freefall.freebsd.org>, CVS-committers@freefall.freebsd.org, cvs-all@freefall.freebsd.org, cvs-etc@freefall.freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/etc daily 
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.3.91.961019161856.19295B-100000@Venus.mcs.com>
In-Reply-To: <7703.845759697@time.cdrom.com>

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On Sat, 19 Oct 1996, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote:

> I thought /etc/daily was, by definition, local?
[...]
> >   Modified:    etc       daily
> >   Log:
> >   If /etc/daily.local is present, run it just before the security check.
> >   Closes PR#1822.

As pointed out in the PR, this is symmetrical with /etc/rc (which looks
for the presence of rc.local).  Additionally, I think it's a convenience
for the end user considering that /etc/daily is a moving target (6 changes
since the beginning of the year). 

Alex




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